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Major work to recover derailed freight train in Anglia

An army of engineers has begun a major recovery in Anglia following the derailment of a freight train. A Colas Rail crane was called in to...

London’s secret railway

In 1927, Britain’s Royal Mail was thriving. The vital artery of British society was delivering four million letters a day and to keep on...

Middlesbrough masterplan for historic railway station

Middlesbrough council is drawing up a masterplan to make Middlesbrough railway station a strategic transport hub in the near future. With funding from the Tees...

Tyne and Wear Metro operator begins £5.5m bridge replacement

Tyne and Wear Metro operator Nexus has started major work to replace an ageing railway bridge. The Victorian era bridge over Killingworth Road, Gosforth, is being...

HS2 under the microscope

On a single day in July, more than 100 documents relating to HS2 were published on the Department for Transport’s website - not so...

Conservation work begins in Warwickshire in preparation for HS2

Wildlife habitats are being built in Warwickshire in preparation for Hs2. Work at Finham Brook, Kenilworth, will begin in August with six new ponds being...

A legacy for hope: Sierra Leone’s National Railway Museum

Nations have long looked to evolve and innovate their railways as a way of maximising economic potential. Few - if any - have looked to...

Gospel Oak to Barking electrification to be complete before spring 2018

Network Rail (NR) has set out the final timeline for work on the Gospel Oak to Barking line electrification. By January 2018,  NR expects the electrification...

Department for Transport to extend East Midlands rail franchise until August 2019

East Midlands Trains (EMT) will now run services on the East Midlands franchise until at least August 2019 after the Department for Transport (DfT)...

UK government fails to make concrete commitment to new railway investment in HLOS statement

The Minister for Transport, Chris Grayling, has said that the government is focused on the 'operation, maintenance and renewal of the existing railway' as...

KeolisAmey becomes Metrolink operator

A joint venture between Keolis and Amey has become the new operator of Greater Manchester's Metrolink tram system. KeolisAmey Metrolink (KAM) takes over from RATP...

Maynard urges HS2 cheerleaders

Making his first speech since being appointed HS2 minister, Paul Maynard says the high-speed line is no longer a pipe dream. Phase 1 has...

Edinburgh trams turn a profit two years ahead of schedule

Rising passenger numbers and additional services have helped Edinburgh trams return an operating profit two years ahead of schedule. The network opened to the public...

Lord Adonis: Politics shouldn’t get in the way of progress

Lord Andrew Adonis praised what he described as a ‘railway that fundamentally works’, addressing the Institute of Railway Operators’ (IRO) annual member’s lunch last...

RSSB aims to make the UK a world-leading centre for railway excellence

A partnership between the RSSB, the rail supply industry and eight universities has secured £92 million to help make the UK a world-leading centre of...

Inside the Northern line extension

When the second phase of Battersea Power Station was completed in the 1950s - giving the building its iconic four chimneys - the site...

Crossrail engineers work around the clock to install overhead catenary system

Crossrail has released a series of photos revealing the work taken to install the line's overhead catenary system. A team of engineers are working all...

Firm appointed to design future Coventry railway station

Consultancy firm WSP is working with Coventry City Council to improve capacity at the city's railway station. WSP will be looking at the benefits of a...